Tears of joy: CNN’s uplifting Haiti story of S.A. mom, kids

What an incredible and uplifting story CNN and Wolf Blitzer just shared out of the wreckage of Haiti — and it involved a San Antonio woman and the children she feared for.

Blitzer interviewed Kennedy Granger, a St. Mary’s Law School student, about the rescue of her three daughters after last week’s devastating earthquake.

Granger, who’s been forced to commute back and forth to her native Haiti because of delays by the government there in allowing her to bring her children over to live with her in San Antonio, rushed back there to find them after the quake hit.

When she got to their house in Port-au-Prince, she panicked, as “nothing was left but the gate,” she said. “The house was pancaked, flattened, and I had no idea where the girls were. Then, out of the darkness, she heard their cries of ‘Mom.'”

“I couldn’t stop screaming, not just crying, but screaming from joy and relief,” Granger said.

She was accompanied by a fellow law student, Justin Yarborough, who joined her on her stressful and worrisome journey.

All sat in a studio in Boca Raton, Fla., safe, sound and smiling.

Before leaving the network, she took time to thank all those who helped her get to this happy ending: the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, her friend Justin and, last but not least, the St. Mary’s Law School Community “for mobilizing so quickly and helping us get the money for the trip.”

And as I wipe my tears, I’d like to thank another St. Mary’s Law student, Adam Maund, for notifying me of this CNN story so I could share something local and positive out of the tragic heartbreak that is Haiti.